Turki al-Abdou

Turki al-Abdou (2 April 1951-18 July 1974) was a PFLP member and one of the perpetrators of the Manot massacre.

Biography
Turki al-Abdou was born in Baalbek, Lebanon on 2 April 1951, and he joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine with the goal of driving Israeli forces out of Palestine. On 18 July 1974, he was chosen by Suhail el-Nazar to take part in a cross-border raid from South Lebanon into northern Israel, and he led the commando that perpetrated the Manot massacre. al-Abdou attacked patrons of a resort with an AKM assault rifle and grenades, and he holed up in a second-floor room where the hostages were kept. After the deaths of his comrades, he shot as many hostages as he could before blowing himself up, demolishing the second floor and killing several hostages.